Women​

Ladies Living Free (a division of Paducah Lifeline Ministries, Inc.) is a residential and non-residential community-based recovery program that helps women who struggle with life-controlling problem through Jesus Christ.

Lifeline’s Women’s Program (also called Ladies Living Free) recognizes that all women were designed by God with a deep need to be loved and valued for who they are and for the things that make them unique. Women must know that God the Father considers them beautiful and important for the purpose He has put them on this earth to fulfill. Despite how broken they have become or how much they have hurt or neglected others, we believe that redemption wins through Jesus Christ.Culture’s message to women is often that in order for them to serve any value they must do so by exploiting their bodies or abusing their ability to influence others by manipulation or schemes devised to gain whatever a particular woman believes will help her feel more secure about herself and her life in general. This broken idea of self-image serves only to create the deceptive empty feeling that influence her to believe a particular substance or addictive behavior will eventually bring about that real sense of value she seeks. At times that search for real value can feel so strong that it seems necessary for survival itself.Internally, a woman who struggles with addiction is frequently overly critical of herself and others, who she constantly compares herself to mentally. This can include children, parents, spouses, friends, coworkers, and others. This leads to broken relationships, sometimes criminal behavior, and tends to leave her feeling alone and misunderstood. All of these circumstances further the cycle of insecurity, “survival” response, addiction, and destruction.Because of this, our program seeks to help break this cycle at every stage for a woman and to ultimately set her on a path to true wholeness.Through chapel, classroom, and one-on-one sessions with trained teachers who have commonly recovered from addiction themselves, we help them understand their value regardless of mistakes they have made, or the messages they have heard from the world and told themselves. We work to dispel the myth that they are simply valuable based on the shape of their bodies or their ability to manipulate, by helping them to discover and pursue those things that make them unique and that they are passionate about. We provide them with safe housing and make every effort to assist them in finding meaningful work with local employers where they can further be encouraged and feel secure.The journey to restoration for a woman is not an easy or short process, but at Lifeline we see women every day making progress to achieve just that. Ultimately, we are convicted that no matter how heavy the weight of the world or how tight the bondage of a woman’s own mind may hold her, she who the Son sets free is free indeed!